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The Principal SOC Architect, AI Accelerators joins the ASICS Engineering team to design architecture for next-generation AI products in the datacenter. This role involves defining requirements from the card and server level up to a full rack while analyzing current AI server deployments through customer and ODM engagements. The architect will focus on three core areas: RAS, where they will design for serviceability and availability; virtualization, ensuring isolation between clients using VMs; and security, specifically focusing on confidential compute. Key technical competencies include expertise in PCIe protocols such as SRIOV, SIOV, IDE, and TDISP, along with knowledge of Ethernet protocols for error recovery. The role addresses critical datacenter infrastructure challenges including telemetry, power, cooling, and lifecycle management to support large-scale hardware environments and complex multi-client hosting requirements.
SoC Architecture
Micro-architecture
Network-on-Chip
ARM
RISC-V
C++
Python
Linux
RTOS
Front-end Design
Verification
Power Management
Memory Systems
PCIe
USB
Ethernet
Machine Learning
Simulation
Modeling
unit-testing